mochi thinking: Trafficking in Persons Report 2011 Tier Placements

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/164228.htm

OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
TIER 1
Countries whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards.
TIER 2
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.
TIER 2 WATCH LIST
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards AND:
a) The absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing;
b) There is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year; or
c) The determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the  next year.
TIER 3
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.

TIER PLACEMENTS

Afghanistan	2WL	Ghana	2	Oman	2
Albania	2	Greece	2	Pakistan	2
Algeria	3	Guatemala	2	Palau	2
Angola	2WL	Guinea	2WL	Panama	2WL
Antigua & Barbuda	2	Guinea-Bissau	3	Papua New Guinea	3
Argentina	2	Guyana	2	Paraguay	2
Armenia	2	Honduras	2	Peru	2
Aruba	2	Hong Kong	2	Philippines	2
Australia	1	Hungary	2	Poland	1
Austria	1	Iceland	2	Portugal	1
Azerbaijan	2WL	India	2	Qatar	2WL
the Bahamas	2WL	Indonesia	2	Romania	2
Bahrain	2	Iran	3	Russia	2WL
Bangladesh	2WL	Iraq	2WL	Rwanda	2
Barbados	2WL	Ireland	1	St. Lucia	2
Belarus	2WL	Israel	2	St. Vincent & The Gren.	2WL
Belgium	1	Italy	1	Saudi Arabia	3
Belize	2	Jamaica	2	Senegal	2
Benin	2	Japan	2	Serbia	2
Bolivia	2	Jordan	2	Seychelles	2
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	Kazakhstan	2	Sierra Leone	2
Botswana	2	Kenya	2	Singapore	2
Brazil	2	Kiribati	2WL	Slovak Republic	1
Brunei	2WL	Korea, North	3	Slovenia	1
Bulgaria	2	Korea, south	1	Solomon Islands	2WL
Burkina Faso	2	Kosovo	2	South Africa	2
Burma	3	Kuwait	3	Spain	1
Burundi	2WL	Kyrgyz Republic	2	Sri Lanka	2
Cambodia	2	Laos	2	Sudan	3
Cameroon	2WL	Latvia	2	Suriname	2
Canada	1	Lebanon	3	Swaziland	2
Central African Rep.	3	Lesotho	2	Sweden	1
Chad	2WL	Liberia	2WL	Switzerland	2
Chile	2	Libya	3	Syria	2WL
China (PRC)	2WL	Lithuania	1	Taiwan	1
Colombia	1	Luxembourg	1	Tajikistan	2
Comoros	2WL	Macau	2	Tanzania	2WL
Congo (DRC)	3	Macedonia	1	THAILAND	2WL
Congo, Republic of 2WL		Madagascar	3	Timor-Leste	2
Costa Rica	2WL	Malawi	2	Togo	2
Croatia	1	Malaysia	2WL	Tonga	2
Cuba	3	Maldives	2WL	Trinidad & Tobago	2
Curacao	2WL	Mali	2WL	TUNISIA	2WL
Cyprus	2WL	Malta	2WL	Turkey	2
Czech Republic	2	Marshall Islands	2	Turkmenistan	3
Denmark	1	Mauritania	3	Uganda	2
Djibouti	2	Mauritius	1	Ukraine	2
Dominican Republic	2WL	Mexico	2	United Arab Emirates	2
Ecuador	2WL	Micronesia	3	United Kingdom	1
Egypt	2	Moldova	2	United States of America	1
El Salvador	2	Mongolia	2	Uruguay	2
Equatorial Guinea	3	Montenegro	2	Uzbekistan	2WL
Eritrea	3	Morocco	2	Venezuela	3
Estonia	2WL	Mozambique	2	VIETNAM	2WL
Ethiopia	2	Namibia	2	Yemen	3
Fiji	2	Nepal	2	Zambia	2
Finland	1	Netherlands	1	Zimbabwe	3
France	1	New Zealand	1	Cote d’Ivoire	Special Case
Gabon	2	Nicaragua	2	Haiti	Special Case
The Gambia	2WL	Niger	2WL	Somalia	Special Case
Georgia	1	Nigeria	1
Germany	1	Norway	1

Africa

YEAR	PROSECUTIONS	CONVICTIONS	VICTIMS IDENTIFIED	NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2005	194	58		12
2006	170	51		3
2007	123 (28)	63 (26)		5
2008	109 (18)	90 (20)	7,799	10
2009	325 (47)	117 (30)	10,861	8
2010	272 (168)	163 (113)	9,626	5